Flow Motion is the eighth Can

Can (band)

Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...

 studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

, and features the UK hit single "I Want More".

It was mixed using "Artificial Head"

Dummy head recording

In acoustics, dummy head recording is a method used to make binaural recordings, that allow a listener wearing headphones to perceive the directionality and the room acoustics of single or multiple sources.Human perception of the direction of a sound source is complex, and consists of:#Simple...

 binaural stereo

Binaural recording

Binaural recording is a method of recording sound that uses two microphones, arranged with the intent to create a 3-D stereo sound sensation for the listener of actually being in the room with the performers or instruments. This effect is often created using a technique known as "Dummy head...

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The cover features a photograph taken by band member Michael Karoli.

Track listing

Personnel

• Holger Czukay
  Holger Czukay
  Holger Czukay is a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde," Czukay is also notable for creating early important examples of ambient music, for exploring...
  
   – bass, djin on "Smoke", backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More" and "Smoke"
• Michael Karoli
  Michael Karoli
  Michael Karoli was a German guitarist, violinist and composer. He was a founding member of the influential krautrock band Can....
  
   – guitars, slide guitar, electric violin on "Cascade Waltz", bağlama
  Baglama
  thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
  
   on "Laugh Until You Cry", background noise on "Smoke", lead vocals on "Cascade Waltz" and "Laugh Until You Cry", backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More" and "Flow Motion"
• Jaki Liebezeit
  Jaki Liebezeit
  Jaki Liebezeit is a drummer probably best known as a founding member of Can who has been called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral"....
  
   – drums, percussion, backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More"
• Irmin Schmidt
  Irmin Schmidt
  Irmin Schmidt is a German keyboard player and composer, probably best known as a founding member of the band Can.-Biography:...
  
   – keyboard, Alpha 77, lead vocals on "Babylonian Pearl", backing vocals on "I Want More" and "…And More"

Produced by Can. "Cascade Waltz" was produced by Can and Simon Puxley.

The album was recorded at Inner Space Studio, Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 by Holger Czukay and Rene Tinner and was mixed by Manfred Schunke at Delta Acoustic Studio, Wilster

Wilster

-History:Wilster was granted town rights under Lübeck law in 1282, and thereby counts itself among Schleswig-Holstein's oldest towns. Wilster forms the centre of the Wilstermarsch, a major cattle raising area in Germany....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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